If I Were A Boy

Lyrics

VERSE 1
If I were a boy, 
Even just for a day, 
I’d wake up without the weight 
Of everyone’s expectations on my name
I’d run with the crew, 
Do whatever I choose, 
No whispers in the shadows 
Sayin’ I should “act my place” 
Or blaming me for truth

CHORUS
If I were a boy, 
I think I’d finally understand 
How it feels to love somebody 
When you’re not treated second‑hand
I’d hear her voice, 
I’d notice when she hurts, 
I wouldn’t toss her heart aside 
Like something I could just replace 
And leave her shattered in the dirt

VERSE 2
If I were a boy, 
I wouldn’t vanish for days, 
Pretend my silence meant nothing 
While she waited, scared, in place
I wouldn’t make excuses, 
Wouldn’t twist the rules I wrote, 
’Cause I’d know she stayed loyal 
Even when I didn’t show— 
Didn’t show

CHORUS
If I were a boy, 
I think I’d finally understand 
How it feels to love somebody 
When you’re not treated like a fan
I’d listen close, 
I’d care about her pain, 
I wouldn’t lose the one I wanted 
Just because I took her heart 
And dragged it through the rain

BRIDGE
It’s a little too late 
For you to stroll back in, 
Say it was a slip‑up 
And expect me to forgive again
If you thought I’d wait forever 
For you to change— 
You thought wrong

CHORUS
But you’re just a boy, 
You never tried to understand 
What it costs to love somebody 
When she’s begging you to be a better man
You never listened, 
You never saw me break, 
Not until you lost the one you wanted 
’Cause you treated me like nothing 
And watched everything we built 
Fall away

OUTRO
But you’re just a boy